The Hollywood Reporter is Hollywood reporting that Mouse CEO Robert Iger is lamenting the decision to throw Prince Caspian onto the big screen in the middle of a crowded blockbusting summer.
Mr. McWhorter's academic speciality is language history and change, and he sees the gradual disappearance of “whom, ” for example, to be natural and no more regrettable than the loss of the case-endings of Old English.
While fans lament the end of their union, which once symbolized love's possibilities, they also note the couple's sentiment expressing gratitude for their shared experiences.
With some more improvements, this could be tremendously useful in the film industry, because the directors could adjust their scenes after the shooting, and not just sigh over the inaccuracies and missed opportunities.
One British birder laments the recent draining of supposedly protected paddies by the Wenyu, a river in Beijing that had been a place of rest for about 200 migratory species.